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LEGAL K0n€E8
LKGAL NOTICES
IHJ^f. \OTH'l'S.
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By fhuthority,
( CHAP. Z».
AM ACT maklnn an appropriation for thf
N««- York atala <»rUI ball. Cornell Cut-
varsity,
Bacar/ia a law May 1. U17. wltli tbe ap- ,pro>val ot tha Governor, Paaaed, three- -•rttus heinic present.
T»» r-aoplo of the State of New Tork, rapraaentad tn Senate and Aai>efnbly, do •nacit aa foilowa:
Section 1. Tha aeveral amounts named In thia aeetion, or no much thereof as may ba ae.^easary, are berebij' appropri¬ ated ror the .Sew York state drill ball. Cornell fmverslty. which amounts shall be avnilable for the year beslnnlnit on the nrst day of July, nineteen hundred and eevent«in. namely:
Personal Service. Janitor. } at Mm)....tl,-HO (O
Janitor 420 00
fl.SflOOO
Total for personal ncrvlce— 11.WO 00
For tbe expensen of inilntenanee uiid
operation of the New York state drill hall,
Cornell L'nlversity, other than peraoual
aer\-lce.
Maintenance and Oi oration. XHjel, llj?ht, tiower and waier
Heat C.-Oono
Light and power, l^O-l*) 'W
IT.l-W OO
Equipment
Offlce 11.52000
Household I'O 00
Educational 6,4:fO 00
General plant .... 7,400 00
1.-1,410 00
Total for maliileiian<-e and operatl'.n, other than per¬ sonal tier vice 22,ririO 00
Total
24.410 00
I 2. This act shall take effect Immedi¬ ately. Stale of -New York, Offlce of the Secretary
of State. Bf:
1 have compared the precedlnK with the original law on lile In tbin ollli-e. and do hereby certifv tliat the sattit; li* a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of ^ aald original law,
FRA.NCIS M, llirOO,
Secrelary of State.
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
I'UAI', ;ini. AN ACT to amend the liunirance law, Rencrall.v ]
Became a law May 1, 11117, with the ! approval of the (iovernor. i'assed. three- j 'Ufths bcliiK present. i
The Pe.iple of the Stato of New York, j represented In Senate and Assembly, do ' anact as follows: '
Section 1. Section sixteen of chapter ; thirty-three of tho laws of nineteen hiin- ; dred nnd nine, entitled 'An act In rela¬ tion to Insurance corporntlons, con-tUiit- i Ing chapter twenty-elfiht of the .onsnll- dated laws," an amended by chapters two • hundred and forty and three hundred an.l two of the lawa of nineteen hundred and , nine, chapter six hundred and thirty-four Of tn* law» ot nineteen hUMdred nnd ten, i ig^apter one hundred and fifty of the laws | of nineteen hundred and eleven, chnpter , two hundred and thirty-three nt the laws Of nineteen hundred and twelve, nnd chap- | ter three hundred and four of the laws of nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby | amended to read ns followsj j
I 'i 16. Inveatment of capltiil npd surplus, | JTho cash capital of every domestic ln.sur- j ance corporation required to have a cap- j Ital. to the extent of the minimum capl- i tal required by law. shall be Invested and j ^ept Invested In the stocks or bonds of j fh. United Stales or of this atate, not | estimated above their current mark.-t j value, or in the honds of a county or In¬ corporated city In this state aiilhorlzed to be Issued by the legl.Hlature, not esti¬ mated above their par value or their cur¬ rent iriarket value, or In bonda nnd morl- gasea on lmprove<l iinencumhered real property in thla state worth flfty per cen¬ tum moro than Ihe amount loaned there¬ on. The cash capital of every foreign In- etirance corporation to the extent of tha minimum capital required of a like domes¬ tic corporation shall be Invested and kept Invested In the same class of aeeurilies specified for domestic Insurance corpora¬ tions, except that like securities of the home atate or foreign country- shall be racogrnized aa legal investments for the ¦mount of the minimum capital required. The residue of the capital and the surplus money and funds of every domestic Insur¬ ance corporation over and above Its capi¬ tal, and the deposit that It may be re¬ quired to make with the superintendent, may be Invested in or loaned on the pleiJge Of any of the securities In which deposits ara retjulred to be Invested or in the puh¬ lic stocks or bonda ot any one of the United States, or In bonds and mortgages on Improved unencumbered real property In this state worth fifty per centum moro than the amount loaned thereon, or ex¬ cept as In this chapter otherwise provid¬ ed. In the stocks, bonds or other evidence .of Indebtedness of any solvent Inatltiitlon Incorporated under the laws of the t'nit¬ ed States or of any state thereof, or In such real estate as It Is authorized by this chapter to hold; but no such funds shall be Invested In or loaned on Its own stock or the stock of any other insurance cor¬ poration carrying on the same kind of Insurance business, except that any such company organized under section seventy of this chapter for the purpose of engag¬ ing In buainess principally as a aurety comimny may, subject to the consent of the superintendent of Insurance, invest such funds in or loan such funds on the atock of any other corporation carrying on the aame kind of business outside of but not within the tTnlted States; provid¬ ed, however, that the superintendent In determining the condition of any such corporation so loaning or Investing such funda shall not allow it as an aa.^et the amount of the funds so loaned or Invest¬ ed; and, provided that. If a stock life In¬ surance corporation shall determine to be¬ come a mutual life Insurance corporation. It may. In carrying out any plan to thnt and under the provisions of section nlne¬ ty-flve of this chapter, acquire any shares of its own stock by gift, bequest or pur¬ chase. And until all of auch shares are acquired, any shares so acquired shall be aequlred in trust for the policyholders of the corporation as hereinafter provided and shall be assigned and transferred on tha books of the corporation to three trus, teas and ba held by them In trust and be voted by auch trustees ut all corporate meetlnaa at which stockholders have the richt to vote, until all of the capital stock af sueh corporation Is acquired when tha BOtlra capital stock shall be retired and lanceled and thereupon, unless sooner in- aorporated an auch. tha corporation shall ha and become a mutual Ufa Insurance corporation without capital atock. Said trusteeii shall be appointed and vacancies •hall be fliled aa prD-vtded In the plan adopted under aeetion nlnety-flve of the inauranca law. Said truateea ahall flle With the corporation a verifled acceptance of their appolntmenfa and declaration that they will faithfully dlacharge their dutlea as such trustees. All dividends and other aams received by said trnstees on said slims of stock ao acquired, after paying the neoeaaary expensea of executing aald truat ahall be immediately repaid to aald aorporatlon for the beneflt of all who are ar stay l>eoome pollcyholdeni of aald cor¬ poration and entiUed to parUclpato In the poBta thereof, and shall l>e added to and Mooma a part of tba surplus earned by akM ooiparatlon and ba apportlonable ae- aordlngly aa a part of said surplus aoaong aald pallcyhaldera BecUon twenty-flva of Cha (eaaial corporation law and section alavan of tha personal property Uw shall not apply to tho trust hereinbefore au- thartsad. Any demsatic Insurance corpo- tatlOB may, hy the dlraetion and coaseat •r two-thlrda af Its board ot directory
Bianacera or flnince committee. Invest by loan or otherwise, any sucb surplus moneya or funda In the bonds isaued by any dty, county, town, village or school alatrict of thia atate, purauant to any law of thia atate. Any corporation organised nuHlar subdivision one-a, aedlon one hun¬ dred and seventy of this chapter, for guaranteeing the validity and legality of bonda Issued by any atate. or by any city, county, town, village, school district, mu¬ nicipality or other civil division of any state, rnay Invest by loan or othcrwliie any of such surplus moneys or funds as provided tn section one hundred o' this chapter. Every such domestic corporation doing busineiis in other states of the Unit- e<l Stales or in foreign coiintrieli. may In¬ vest its furdB In the san.e kind of securi¬ ties in such other slates or foreign coun¬ tries as such coiix^ration Is by law allow- e>l to Invest in. in this state. Any life in¬ surance company may lend to any p<illcy- holder upon ihe security cf the value of his policy a num nol exceeding the law¬ ful re»e,rve which it holds thereon, and such loan sluill become due and payable and be aatlKlle.l as pruvi.lcd in the loan agreement or policy. But nothing in thlil section shall l-e held to authorize one Ici- surame corji imlion to .iblaln, by purchiiBo or otherwi,Ke, the control of nny other In- sururic- coi p.irailon,
i 2. Section ninety-flve of such chnp¬ ter, as amended by chapter one hun.lre.1 and fifty of th.- laws of nineleen huiidre'l and eleven, is hereby amended to read as follows:
i 6a. Conversion of a stock life insurance corporation Into a mutual life Insurance corporation Anv domestic -gloc-k life In¬ surance corporation, -whether Incorporated under a general law or by special act, may become a tnulual life Insurance cor¬ poration, and lo thnt end may carry out a plan for the ni-.|iiiHltlon of shares of Its capital stock, provided, however, tli.it such plan: (ll Shall have been adopted by a vote of a majority of tl.e directors of such corporations: i:.') Bh.all hnve been ap¬ proved hy a vote of stockholders repre¬ senting a majiirity of the» capital stock at a nietlinK of slm ivliililer.H .-ailed for the purpose; (.1) shall hnve been approved by a maJoiit.\ vote of the polic.vholders vot- Intf at a meeting, railed for the purpose, of polieyholilers ea.-li Insured In at lea.«t one thou.saiiil dollnrs and whose Insurance i sh:ill till11 be In for.-e nnd shnll have been i In force for at least one year prior to such . meeting; notice of such meeting shall be I gUen hy miiliing sin-h notice from the I home offlce of such corporation at least - thirty days prior to surh meeting In a sealed envelope posinKC prepaid addre.ssed to Biii-h policyholders nt their Inst known . post offlce !UldresHe.«, and such meeling , shall be otherwise provided for and con- , ducted In such manner ns shall be pro¬ vi.led In such plan; provided, however, that policyholders may vote in person, by prox.\- or by mnil; thnt nil votes shall be cast by ballot and the ,siiperlntendent of Insurance ahall HUlicrvise ami ilirei-t the methixis and pro.-ediire of .'»n!il me.tliiK and apiKilnt an adequate nuinher of in- spsctors to conduct the voting at said ' meeting who shall hare power to deter- ' mine all 'iiiestlons concerning the verlflcn- tlon of the ballots, the a.^^i ertalnment of the validity thereof, the qualltlcationB of ' the voters, and the canvas.-* of the vote. ^ and who shall certify to the superintend- : ent and to the corporation the result thereof, and with respect thereto shall act j under .such rules and regulations as shall | be prescribed by the superintendent of j Insurance; that all neceaanr7 expensea In- i curred by the superintendent of Insurance j 8htill be paid by the corporation as certl- fled to by him; and (4> shnll have .l>flen j submitted to the auperlntcndent of insui'- ; ance and shall have been approved by him | In writing, provided that every payment | for the acquisition of any shares of the ; capital atock of auch coiTJoratlon, the pur- ' chase price of which la not fixed by such plan, shall he subject to the approval of } tho superintendent, and provided that j neither such plan, nor nny such payment, ' shall be approved by the superintendent i unless at the time of such approvals, re- i spectl. ely, the corporation, after deduct-, Ing the aggregate sum appropriated by puch plan for the acquisition of any part j or nil of Ita capital stock, and In the ca.«e | of any pnyment not fixed by snch plnn ; and subject to aeparnte approval as afore- ] said after the approval of such plan, after j deducting also the amount of such pay- ; ment, shnll he possessed of assets suf- | flclent to maintain its deposit theretofore i made with the superintendent and not leas i than the entire liabilities of the corpora- | tlon, including the net values of Its out- | standing contracts computed according to I the standard adopted b;.- the corporation - under section eighty-four of this chapter, I" and also all funds, contingent reserves and surplus save so much of the latter as | sh.Tll have been appropriated or paid nn- , der such plan.
9 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed,
J 4, Thla act shall take effect Immedi- | ately, i
State of New York, Offlce of the Secre- I tary of State, ss: ^ I
I have coih'pared the pfttreiirhg with the I original law on flle In thla offlce, and do i hereby cerlify that the same is a correct transcript therefrotn and of the whole of i said original law.
FRANCIS M. HUGO. '
Secretary of State
LBGAl HOnCES.
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
CHAP, 300,
AN ACT to provide for an investigation
of bean production In New York atate
and' making an appropriation therefor.
Became a law May 2. 1917. - with the
approval of the Governor. Pasaed, three-
flfths being present.
The People of the State of New York, represented In Senate and Assembly, do efiact as follows:
Section 1. The sum of eight thousand flve hundred dollara l$R,500). or ao much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated ont of nny money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of Investigation, by the New York State College Of Agriculture at Cor¬ nell University, of tho bean production In the state. Including the ravages of dis¬ ease and of Insect pesta the breeding of tiseaae-reslstant or improved varieties, and of such other matters In relation thereto as such college of agriculture may determine. For that purpose said college is hereby empowered to employ such ex¬ perts, clerical, and other help and to incur such other expense, within the sum here¬ by appropriated, as may be neceaaary for the accomplishment of such Investigation, I 2. Payments hereunder shall l>e made by the treasurer on the warrant of the comptroller on the audit of Cornell Uni¬ versity at Ithaca.
i S. Thla act ahall take effect Immedi¬ ately.
Stnte of New Tork, Offlce of the Secre¬ tary of Btate, 88:
I have compared the preceding with the original law on flle In thla ofllce. and do hereby certify that the aame la a correct tranacript therefrom and of the whole ot said original law,
FRANCIS M, HUGO.
Becretary of State.
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
CHAP. 108. AN ACT to amend the public lands law. by adding a new section to article six thereof, to be known as section seventy- seven, relstlng to grants of land under water.
Became a law May I, ItlT. with ths approval of the Governor. Paased, three- flfths lieing present.
lite People of the Btate of New Tork. represented in Senate and Aasembly, do a^ct as follows:
Section 1. Chapter flfty ot the lawa of nineteen hundred and nine, entitled "An act relating to tbe public landa, constitut¬ ing chapter forty-six of the oonsolldatad lawa," la haraby ameaded by addlns a
I naw section, to tw section seventr-eevem ! and to read as follows: I I 77. Within sixty daya after the paasaga I of this act and on or before the tenth dnv I of January In each year thereafter the ! secretary of state shall examine the rec- I erds of all grants of land under water for I which patents shall have been isued and I which patents contain cxinditkons to be i compiled with within llxed periods of time ! after the issue of such patents, and make ; a list of all such grants containing surh conditions, the periods for the perform¬ ance of which have expired, and certify : auch list with the names of the patentees and tho locations of the lands to the state i engineer and sun-eyor. It shall thereupon - be Ihe duty of the state engineer and sur¬ veyor to cause an Investigation to be made without delay for the purptise of ascertaining whether or not compiiance ', with the conditions contained in sin-li grants shall have been htid, and be shall report thereon to the attorney-general. It ; shall be the duty of the attorney-genenil • to begin actions against all auch patonte<.3 or their successors In inlereat or assiK^ns for the annulment of all patents fhe coii- , .lltlons of which shall be f.iund not to have been compiled with within tlie jierio.l fixed In such grants for compliance,
i 2. This act shnll take effect immedi¬ ately.
State of New Tork, Offlce of the Secretary- of State, ss:
I have compare.I the preceding with the original law on lile in thl.i ollice. an.l ilo hereby certify that the same la a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said originui law
FRANCIS M, HT'GO.
Secretary of State.
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority,
CHAP, ;!12. AN ACT to amend the code of criminal
procedure. In relation to an undertaking
given by a dhsorderly pers.oi,
Kecame a law May 2, 1II17. with the approval* of the Oovernor. Passe*!, three- flfths being present.
The I'eople of the State of New Tork, represented In Senate and Assembly, do enact as folhnvs.
Section 1, Section nine hundred and live of the code of criminal proce.lure, Is here¬ by amended to re.nd "s follows:
I 9(6, How prosecuted, and proceefl? i how applied. When nn undertaking Is for¬ feited. It may bo prosecuted In the name of the county superintendent of the po.ir, or the overseers of the i>oor of the loivn or In the city of New Vork, In the nnme of the corporation of that dty. and the Slim collccteil In the aciion must bi- pai'l i Into the county or city tre.isury. as the ', cnse may be for the beneflt of the poor : excefit where the condition of the bond is aa set forth In subdivision one of secli.iti nine hundred and one of this code, llie ' sum collet-ted must be paid by the pnrtv | receiving the same for the benefit of tho person for whose supiiort said bond was , given. In cnse the defendant Is an Indiiin, It must be proseruted In the name of Hi- people of the state of New Y'.irk by the attorney-if.'neriil, or at his request by the diatrlct attorney of the county, nnd the sum colle.-ted In tho action, muat be piiiil | into the stale treasury, for the benellt of j thp. Indian poor.
5 2, This act shall take effect Immedi- ] ately, j
State of New York, Offlce of the Secre- I
tary of State, ss;
I have compared the preceding with the original law on flle In this offlce, and do hereby certify that the same Is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law
FRANCIS M. HT'GO.
Secretary of State,
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
THAI', 31,T AN ACT to ratify nnd confirm the ayi- polntment by the governor of William I), Guthrie, Franklin W, M, Cutcheon, Frank S, Gardner, Marcus M, Marks. Alfred K. .Marling. William Fellowes Morgan, fcluge-ilus H. Outerbrldge and Charles H. Sabin as a commission In represent and protect the Interests of tho stiite of New York in the proi-ee.l- Ings brought by the committee on wnys nnd means, an organization created bj appointment of the goveiTior of the stale of New Jerse.v, the board of commerce and navigation of the state of New Jer¬ sey, city of Newark, city of Jersey City, city of Hoboken and city of H;ilzabeth, all In the state of New Jersey, against various railroads in tha state of New Jersey operntlng tn the state of New Jerse.v, In which proceedings the state nf New .Tork has Intervened and be¬ come a party, and making an appropria¬ tion for tho expenses of aald commls¬ alon.
ijecame a law May 2, 1917, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three- flfths being present.
T!ie People of the Slate of New Tork, reiiresonted In Senate nnd Assembly, dc ••iian aa Jollows:
Section 1. The governor having hereto¬ fore appointed WMUlsm O, Guthrie, Frank¬ lin W, M, i_"utcheon. Frank 8, Gardner, Marcus M. Marks. Alfred E. Marling, Wil¬ liam Fellowes Morgan, Cugealus H, Out¬ erbrldge and Charles 11, Sabln as n coni- mlsaloii to represent and protect the in¬ terests of the state of New York In the (iroceedlngs brought by the committee on ways and means, an organization ureated by appointment of the governor of the state of New Jersey, the board of com¬ merce and navigation of tho state of New Jersey, city of Newark, city of Jersey City, dty of Hoboken and city of Elizn- heth. all In the state of New Jersey, against the Central Railroad Company of New Jer.sey. the Paltlmore and Ohio Rail¬ road Company, and varloua other railroad companies for the purpose among other things of securing a change In ihe exist¬ ing freight rates to and from the port of Ntv, ^ ork more favorable to New Jei-N.'v, In which proceeding the state of New York, hy Its attorney-general, has Inter¬ vened and become a party, be and the same Is hereby ratified and conflrmed nml the said William D Guthrie. Franklin W M, Cutcheon, Frank S. Gardner, Marcus .V, Marks. Alfred B. Marling. William Fellowes JTorcmn, Eugenlus H, Outer- bridge and Charles U. Sabln be and tiiey are hereby constituted commissioners with power on the part of the state of N.-w Tork to aid and asslat the attorney-gen¬ eral of tho state of New Y,ork In tue de¬ fense of the said proceedings and In the protection of the Interests of the state of New Tork. and to do any and all things necesaary and proper In the premises a.-f- Ing under the advice and with the a|i- proval of the attorney-general.
I t The commissioners appointed pursu¬ ant to the provisions of this act shall serve without compensation but shall be retmburseil and paid the expcmaes neces¬ sarily Incurred by them In the perform¬ ance of their dutlaa Tbey ahall sale. ( one of their number as chairman and may employ a aecretnry and such experts and other assistants as mny be necessary, and auch counsel as may be designated or ap¬ proved by the attorney-general. The suni of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or mo much thereof as may be necessary, shall be hereby appropriated out of any moneya In the state treasury not otherwise appro¬ priated, for the expenses of said commls¬ alon. The moneys hereby appropriate"! shall be paid out by the atate treasurer on the warrant of the comjitroller upon vouohars audited by the chairman of said commission und the attorney-general of the atate of New Tork.
i I. Thla act ahall take effect Immedi¬ ately.
State of New Tork, Offlce of the Becretary of State, sa:
I have compared the preceding with the original law on flle in thia offlce, and do hereby certify that the aame la a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of sakJ original law
FRANCIS IL HUOO. Secretary of SUte.
LAWB OF NEW VORK<-By AutharKy.
CHAP. 2M AN ACT ta amend section ttiirteen hun¬ dred and tea of tha code of eivfl -proce¬ dure
Became a law May 1, 1917, with the ap¬ proval of the Governor, PaAed. threo- flfths being present.
The People pf the State of New Tork. represented in Senate and Assembly, do anact aa follows:
Section 1, Section one thousand three hundred and ten of the code of civil pro¬ cedure ia hereby HmcnUvd to read as fol¬ lows:
I 1310, When appeal stays proceedings: efTect thereof Where an appeal to the , appellate term of any i ourt or to the ap¬ pellate division of the supreme court or to the court of appeals or otherwise has been heretofore or shall hereafter be per¬ fected, as prescribed in thla chapter, ainl the other acts, if any. required to b.- done, to stay the execution of the juilgtnent or order appeale.l from, have heen done, tho appeal stays nil proceedings to enforce tho judgment or order appealed from; except that the court or judge from whose de- '. termination the appeal is t.'iken. may pro¬ ceed In any matter Included In the acton I or special proceeding, ^d not alTected by I the judgment or order appenled from or I not embraced within the appeal, or may i cause perishable property to be sold, pur- I suant to the judgment or order appealed from. The proi-eo.ls of auch a sale must I be paid, to abide the re.«ult nf thei appeal.— I Into the court from or In which the app.-al Is taken, or. If it was taken as prescribed In title fifth of this chapter, Into the su¬ premo court. When an appeal from a judgment for rent has been perfected ami execution stayed as herein provide.!. thi.> appeal staya all summary prn.-eedlngs, pending or oiherwlse, to re.-over the po«- Besalon of real property or disisissess ten¬ ants therefrom, based on the failure t') pay the rent Inrlii.led In the Judgm.-nt a|i- pealed from. In a case, spec-ffted In sub¬ division four of section' one hundred and ninety of this acl, a party aggrieved, upon presenting to the court proof by .iffldavlt that he Intends to apply to Ihe appelkile division, rendering such decision, for leavi; to appeal to the ..ourt of appC'-ils, and In case such nppellale division kIkiU refuse such leave, then that .such party Intend.-i to apply to the court of appeals to be al- lowe<l to appeal to said court of appeals, and proof that un undertaking, gUeii as prescribed In thlsi chapter, has heen flied with the clerk with whom the judgment appealed from I.s entered, shall be entitled to an order staying all proceedings to enforce sucn judgment, until the grnntlnpr or refusal of such leave to appeal by such appellate division or the court of appeals. ' The party dealrlng to make such nppUcn- i tlon must do so at the same term or nt the term of said iippellnte division next • succeeding tn;it at which judgment of .if- flrmance wns rend.»red and notice of entrv thereof .ser\-eil upon the parly aggrieved, and In .-ase said apiiellate division refuses auch application, then auch party shall have thirty days, from and after servi.e of a copy ot the order of said nppellnlo division denying auch application, -witli notice of entry, in which to apply to the court of appeals i<> bo allowed to so iip- peal. and If .sii'-h application be grantP'l, ahall have thirty days from the grantii.i: thereof to perfe'-t an appeal to the inin t oi appeals
I 2, This act shnll take effect June flrst, nineteen hundreii and seventeen. State of New York, Offlce ot the Secretary of State, ss:
I have compared the preceding with the original law on liie In this offl.-e, and do hereby certify fh.it the some Is ii corre.-t transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law
FRANCIS M, HfOO,
Secrelary ot State,
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
cr-t/M" :'94, AN ACT to amend se'-llon one hundred and flfty of tho Insurance law so as to authorize stock mnrliie Insurance com¬ panies to do a ftre insurance business. Became a law Mn\ ), 1917, with the ap¬ proval of the Governor Passed, three- fifths being present.
The People of the .State of NoW York, i represented In Senate and Assembl.v, do enact as follows:
Section 1. .Section one hundred and fifty of chapter thirty-three of the laws of , nineteen hiindra<l and nine, entitled 'An act In relation to iii.siirance corponitions, constituting chapter twenty-eight of tbe consolidated laws." a.H amended by chap¬ ter two hundred and forty of the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, chapter one hundred and sixty-eight of the laws of nineteen hundred and ten and chapter one hundred and twenty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred and eleven, Is hereby amended to read as follows: ,
I 150. Incorporation Thirteen or more - persons may become a coiTJoratlon for the ' piirpoae of making Insurances upon ves- j sels, frelght-s. goods, wares, merchandise, specie, bullion, Jew-els, protlts, commis¬ sions, bank-notes, bills of exchange, nnd other evidences of debt, bottomry and re¬ spondentia Interests, and every Insuran.-e appertaining lo or connected with marine risks and risks of transportation and nnv- , Igation, including the risks of lake, river, canaj and inland transportation and navi¬ gation. Insurance upon automobiles. whether statlonarj- or being operated nn¬ der their own power, which shall Include all or any of the hazards of fire, explo¬ sion, transportation, collision, loss by le¬ gal liability for damage to property re¬ sulting from tne maintenance and use of automobiles, and loss by burglarr or tneft or both, but shall not Include insuraiues against loss by reason of bodily Injury to tho person, and of reinsuring any risks taken by It, by making, acknowleiiging and filing In the offlce of the superintend¬ ent of Insurance a declaration signed by all of them, stating their Intention ta form a corporation for one or more or all of such purposes, with a copy of the charter proposed to be adopted by It, which charter ahall aet forth the name of tbe corporation, tho place where Its prin¬ cipal offlce shall be located, the mode In which Its corporate powers are to be ex- , erclsed, and of electing directors, ea.h of ' whom. If a stock corporation, shall be the owner in his own right of flve hundred | dollars par value of Its stock and a ma¬ jority of whom shall be citizens of this state, the mode of lining vacancies lu Ihe offlce of director, the period for the com¬ mencement and termination of Its flaca. year, the amount of its capital or capital stock and tile number of shares Into which It ahall be divided, if a atock corporation ' Thereupon such persons and all others i who shall become stockholders or mem¬ bers thereof, shall be a corporation by the name expressed In the charter.
No such corporation shall commence the transaction of the business of Insurance until after publication of a notice of Its Intention to do so, once a week for at least six weeks, in a public newspaper in the county in which it ia proposed to t>e located, nor if a stock corporation, until [ Ita capital stock shall all have been paid ' In In cash. Every such corporation ahail continue In exlatence for thirty years, or for such leaa time aa may l>e apecifled In ' Its charter. No such corporation ahall di¬ rectly or Indirectly deal or trade In buy¬ ing or selling gocKis, wares or merchan¬ dise, or other commodities, except such aa ; may have been Insured by it, and such as ' may t>e sold under judicial process or oth- | erwlse in which or in the profits of the i sale of which It may t>e Interested by rea¬ son of having previously l)ecome Insurers of tbe aama or of soma ahare or portion thereof.
A stock marine insurance corporation Incorporated under thia section, having a .eapital paid In hi cash of at least four hundred thousaadadoUars, may, by taking Iha procaadlngs required in section flfty- Vtae of thia chapter, aaaod lu charter aa tM to biclHda theialD, In addHkm ta Ita
aaarlne powers, any or all of the powers which may t»e exertrlsed by a Are Insur¬ ance corporation organized nnder section ane hundred and ten of this chapter,
I 2. All acts or parts of acts ineonsist- iBt herewith are hereby repealed.
J a. This act shall Uke ellect Immedl-
oiate of New Tork. Ofllce of the Secre¬ tary of State, ss,
1 have compared the preceding with tho original law on flle in this offlce, and do hereby certify that the same Is a corre.-t transcript therefrom nnd of the whole of said original law,
FRANCIS M HTGO.
Secretary of State
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
CHAP, 2W. AN ACT to amend subdivision two of sec¬ tion eighty-six of chapier tlilrty-tlir. o of the laws of nineteen hun.lre.l and nine, constituting chapier twenty-eight of the consoi i.la ted laws, in relation to the method at computing the reserves of casualty or surety Insurance corpora¬ tions.
Became a law May 1. 1917. with th.) approval ot the Governor. Passed, thr. e- lifths being piesint.
The I'eople of the .State of New Ycik, represented In fienate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision two .if sectinh eighty-six of chapter thirty-three of the laws of nineteen huiidre<l and nine, enti¬ tled "An act In relation to Insurance cm- porations, «pnstitutiii« chapter lwent\- elght of the consolidate<l laws, " .is amen 1- ed hy chapter one hundred and elKht\- three of the laws of nineteen liiindre.l and eleven. Is hereby aineiiilci to rend iis fel¬ lows:
2. In estimating the condition of any casualty or siiret.v insurance corporation, under the provi.slons of this chapter, tlm superlnleiiili nt shall allow as iissets only such Inve.-Jtments as are authorized hy ¦ the existing law-s of this state at the .late of Its liivestipation, but unj-i.-ii.! premlnm^ on policies or renewals written within three months shall be admitted as avail¬ able resources.
He shall charge as liabilities, in ad'li- tlon to the capital stock:
A. The premium reser\e on policies in force, equal to the unearne.l portions if the gross premiums charged for covering tue risks, computed on each respe.-tne risk from the date ot the i.ssuance of tne policy.
B, The reserve for outstanding Inss's under insuraiue against loss or damare from accldeni to or injuries suffered by an employee or other person nn.l f.ir which the Insured la liable computed as follows:
ru For all liability suits being defended under policies written more than
(a) Ten years prior to the date as ..f which the Bt.-itemeiit is m.ade. one thou¬ sand flve hundred .li'lbirs for en.-h suit
lb) Five an.l les,s thnn ten >ears prior to the date as of wliieh the statement is made, one thousan.l .lollars for eiicb suit.
<c) Three nnd less than flve years prior to the date as of which the statement is made, eight hundred and fifty dollars for each suit,
(2) For all liability poll.-ies written dur., ing the three years immeillntcl.v prece.liiig the date aa of which the statement is mnde, such resei%'e sliall be sixty p.r i-e:.- tum of the earne.1 lliihility premiums ..f each of such three years less all loss an.l loss expense payments made uiiiler Uii- blllty policies written In the correaixinil- Ing years; but in any event, such reserve shall, for the flrat of such thr.e years, be not less than seven hun.lred and lifty d'll- lars for each outstanding liability siiii on said year's pollcie.s.
(3) For all compensation claims under policies written more than three yenrs prior lo the date a-s of which the state¬ ment Is made, ihe present values nt fmir per centum Interest of tbe iletermiiied an.l the eslimnted future payments,
H) For all compeiiH;ili.>ii claims under policies written In the ihree jears Imme¬ diately preceding the date ns of whl.-li th.> statement is made, such reserve shall be slxty-flye per centum of the eiimed coin- pensntloii premiums ot each of such thrive years, less nil loss arid loss ex|ien.se pa.-- ments made In conne.tion with su.h claims under policies written In the cor¬ responding years; but In any event in the case of the flrst year of any su.h llir.-e- year period such reserve shall be not I. ss than the present value nt four per centnfn Interest of the determlnefl and the esti¬ mated unpaid compenaiitlon claims iiniier policies written during su.-h year; proviil- ed, however, that in computing tne re¬ serve for tho statement for Decemlier thlrty-lirst. nineteen hundred and seven¬ teen, and December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eighteen, fhe ratios sixty per centum and sixty-two and one-half per centum respectively shall be used In¬ stead of slxty-flve per centum as herein¬ before provided.
The term -'earned premiums" as used herein shall Include gross premiums charged on all policies written. Including all determined exi-ess and additional pre¬ miums, less return premiums, other than premiums returned to policy holders as dividends, and less reinsurance premiums and premiums on policies canceled, an.l less une.-irned premiums on policies in force. But any jiartlctpatlng company which has charged In Its premiums a load¬ ing solely for dividends shall not be re- qulreii to Include such toading In its earn¬ ed premiums, provided a statement of tho amount of such loading has been filed with and approved by the superintendent of In- , surance.
The term "compensation ' as used in this act ahall relate to all insurancea ef¬ fected by virtue of statutes providing compensation to employees for per.soii:il Injuries irrespective of fault of the em¬ ployer. The term '-liability" shnll relate to all Insurance, except compensation In¬ surance, against loss or damage from a.- oldent to or Injuries suffered by.an em¬ ployee or other person and for whl. h the Insured Is liable.
The terms- -Joss payments" and "loss t expense payments" as used herein shall Include all payments to claimants. In¬ cluding payments for medical and surgi¬ cal attendance, legal expenses, salaries and expenses of Investigators, adjusters and fleld men, rents, stationery, telegraidi and telephone charges, postage, saJaries and expenses of offlce employees, home offlce expensea. and all other payments > made on account of claims, whether such payments shall be allocated to apeclfl.- clalms or unallocated
All unallocated liability loas expense [ payments made In a given calendar year subsequent to the first four years In which an Insurer has been Issuing liability poli¬ cies shall be dlatrlbuted aa foilowa: Thlr- ty-flve per centum shall be charged to the policies written in that year, forty per centum to the policies written in the preceding year, ten per centum to the policies written in the second year pre¬ ceiling, ten per centum to the policies written in the third year preceding and flve per centum to the policies written In the fourth year preceding, and such pny- menta made In, each of the flrat four cal¬ endar years in which an Insurer issues liability policies shall be dlatrlbuted as follows: In the flrst calendar year one hundred per centum shall be charged to the policies written In that year, in the second calendar year flfty per centum shall be charged to the pollciea written In that yeur and flfty per centum to the policies written in the preceding year. In the third calendar year forty per centum shall be charged to the policies written in that year, forty per centum to the poli¬ cies written tn tbe preceding year, and twenty per centum to the policies written ia the second year preceding, and hi the fourth calendar year thirty-five per cen¬ tum ahall be charged to the policies writ- tan in that year, forty per centum to the poheles written la the precedbng year. Of. taan par caatwas ta tba policies written ki
the second year preceding, and ten per centum to the pollciea written In the third year preceding, and a schedule ahowing such distribution shall be Included in the annual statement.
All unallocated compensation loss ex¬ pose payments made In a given calendar aear sub.seqnent to the flrst three yenrs !n which an insurer has been Issuing com- pcnsatl.in policies shall l>e distributed as follows: Forty per centum s..all be charg¬ ed to the pollciea -Arilten In that year, forty-five per centum to the policies »rit- ten In the preceding year, ten per «entuin to the jiolideH written in the .second yc-.ir preceding and flve per centum to the pob- cies written in the third year preceding. and such payments made In each of tho flrst three calendar years In which an in¬ surer issues compen.sation policies shall be distributed as foll.iws: In the flrst calendar year one hundred per centum shall be charged to the p.dlcic9 wriileii In that year, in the second calendar yenr flfty per . entum sh.ill be charged to the policies written in that yenr and flfty per centum to the [lolicies written In the pre¬ ceding year. In tho thir.l calendar year forty-five per centum shall be charge.l to the policies written in that year, forty-flve per (-entum to the poll, les written In llic preceding year and ten per centum lo the poli. lea -Britton m tho second year precc'llng. and a scheiiulo showing su.-h distribution shall be Included In the an¬ nual statement.
Whenever, In the Jii.lgment of the su¬ perintendent of insiiran.e. the liability or compensation loss r. serves of any insur¬ er under his supervisien, . alculatesl In ai. corilance -w-ith the foregoing provisions, are Ina.Iequale. he may. In hi.s discretion, require such Insurer t.. maintain aililitioii- al reserves based uimii estimated individ¬ ual claims or otherwise,
Kach Insurer th:it writes llabilllv or oompensatlon iioli.ies shall Include in tbe annual stiitcnient re.|ulred by law a schedule of its experl.n.e thereunder in such form aa the suiierintendent of li'isur- ance may presi-rlbe
J :'. This act shall, take effect immeili¬ ately. State of New Y'ork, Office uf the Secretary
of Htate, ss:
I have compared the preceding with the original law un llic In this offlce. and do hereby c.-rtify that the siiiiie Is a .iirie.t trnnscriiil ilierefrom and ot the whole of said urifrnal law ,
FHA.N'CIS M, Hl'ijo,
.-^ei-retary of State,
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
i-llAJ- ::i;i AN ACT to amend the liisiirani-e law-. In
relul 1(111 tu the merger or coiisoliilatnni
of domestic mutual employers' liability
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tioiis,
Be.-ame a law .May 1. 1917. with tho appri'Val of the G.'vi-riior, Passed. tbr<- fifths being present
The I'e.iple of the Stat.- of .New VoiU. represented in Senate and .\Ksi-iiibly, do enact a.s fellows:
Section 1. Chnpter thlrty-tliree uf the laws of nineteen hundred and nine, enti¬ tled --.^n act In relatiuii lo in.siiraii'-'- ci- poraliiins. .(instituting .-hiipter tweiil.i- elght of the .onsolldate.l laws, " is hen.by amended by Inserting ther.-in a new s.r- tlon. to bo known as siji-timi ono hun.lre.l and nlt>elv-llve. to rea.l as fcllowa:
I 195, Merger or (-onsolidntlon Two or more domestic liisuranco corporations or¬ ganized un.ler the provisions of this arli¬ cle may merge or con.solidalo such ..irim- ratliiiis into one corporati.iii un.ler the name of either. The (-urporalioiis so merging or lonsolidatlng may enter Into nn agreement for such merger or consoli¬ dation under their respei live corpoiatu seals, which agreement shall pn scribe the terms and (-oinllti.ins of sin-li nierg. r or conaollihition; the number of nienib.-rs and of their employees and the annual premium lOst which shnll h.- le'iuisite lo tho traiisa.-tion of the business of tlm mergeil or i-oiiBOlldated corporation, whi.-li number and cost inust In- at least eiinal to the requirements specilled in si.-lion one huii.lr.'d and eighly-slx of this chap¬ ter, and must be maintained In a.-.-oi.l- ance with the provisions of such se.-li.ni. Such ngri-einent must be assented t'l by a majority of the .iire.-tnrs of eaili su. Ii corporation and must be approved by a vole of nt least tw-o-thlrds of thi- wholo number of votes entitled to be cast at meetings of each of sm h .-onjorntion.s, as provided by soi-tloii one hundred nn.l eignty-elght of this .-hapter, at a meeting, called separately for that purpose, upon a notice stating the time, jilai-e and ob¬ ject of the meeting served nt least tliiiiy daya previously upon each member per sonally or mailed to hirn at his iiost-oflu-e address, aa the same shall appear upmi the fiooks of the corporation, and also published nt least onie a week for four weeks sucoeaslvely In a newspiiFier print¬ ed In the county where sin-h (urporatlon fiaa Its prlnclt>al ofllce. There shall bo endorsed upmi such agreement tbe .er¬ tillcate of the »e(-retarles of the respe.- tlve corporations un.ler the s.als thereof to the effect that the same has been as¬ sented to by such votes of the dire, tors and approved by such votes on the part of the members. The agreement shall contain a ropy of the charier under whi. li the business Is to be condu(-ted, whl.lj shall conform to the provisions of <.i(her one or more of the charters of the m.rg- Ing or consolidating cori>orulioii«, rp.ui tiling such agreemt-nt, with such (ertill¬ cate of the secretaries and approval of the superintenilent of insurance endorsed thereon. In the ofllce of the siiperlnteii.leiit of Insurance, the details of such agre. - ment may be ' .irrled Into effeci as pro¬ vided therein l'pon such m.iger or (-oii- soUdatlon all the rights, franchises und interests of the corporations so merging or consolidating In and to every spet-les of properly und things In action belong¬ ing to them or either of them, shall bo deemed to he transferred to and vested in the new i-onxT'Ttlon, without any oth¬ er deed or transfer, and the new corpo¬ ration shall hold and enjoy the same to the same extent as If the old corponitioim, or either of them, should have <-ontlnu..l to retain their titles and tranaa'-l bijsl- nees. The new corporation shall succeed to all the obligations and liabilities of the old corporatiiins. or any of them, and shall be held liable to pay end discharge all such debts and liabilities in the same manner aa If they had been Incurred or contracted by It, The members of the merging or consolidating corporations shall continue subject to all the liabilities, claims and demands existing against them, or either of them, at or before such merger or conaolldation, mcludlng ll.abll. ity for assessment to tho extent provide.l in their respective by-laws. No action or proceeaing pending at the time of the con¬ solidation In which any or all of the merging or consolidating corporations mav l>e a party ahall abate or discontinue II reason of the merger or consolidation, but tbe same may be prosecuted to final judg¬ ment or award tn the aame manner aa If the merger or consolidation had not taki n place, or ths new corporation may be substituted In place of any corporation an merged, by order of the court or commls¬ alon In or t>efore which the actvoo or pro¬ ceeding may be pending,
l'pon the filing of auch agreement in tho offlce of the superintendent of insuran'-e, all policies of insurance Issued to members of elthel^,j}f such merging or consolidat¬ ing, corponitlena. who have not voted In favor of such merger ,or consolidation, shall be duly cancelled forthwith. Imme¬ diately upon such filing the new corpora¬ tion shall apply to the supreme court at any special terns thereof bald in the dis¬ trict In which the county la situated, in which auch corporation may have Its prin¬ cipal place of business, for the appoint- aiaot of three persona to appraise the ralue of the Interest and the amount of )ba liability, if any, of eacb nnember of ittlMr of tJM Marslng or conaalldatln*
LKGAL NOTirta.
corporations, who .-nnil rot hare voted kb, favor of such merger or consolidatloh. At least eight days notice In writing of such application sh.ill be sfrved upon each such member, in the manner pro¬ vided by law for the service of a sum¬ mons In an action. The court shnll there¬ upon appoint such appraisers and deeig- nate the time nnd place ot their urst meeting, with such directions in regani to their proceedings as shall be deenietl proper. The court may flll any vacancies In the Ijoard of appraisers occurring l>y refusal or negleit to hold such offlce, Tho appraisers shall meet at the time and place designated and, after being sw^m, sliall honestly and faithfully discharge their duties and estimate and certify tho value of the interest, and the amount of the liability, it any, of each such mem¬ lier at the time of silch decision, and de¬ liver one copy to such . orjwratlon and another to eai-h such member. If demand¬ ed. The chaigea luid expenses of the ap¬ praisers sb.all be paid by the corporation, U hen the corporation shall have paid the appnilseil value of the Interest of each such member, an.l the nmounl of tho ln'lebtedrios,s. if any be found, of each su.-h member shall have been imld to It. a| dlrect.d by the I'oiirt. such mem'ber si.all cease to be a member of .said corpo¬ ration or to hav.> any Intere.st therein or in the cotporate propert-i; nnd If ho he found to he indebte.1 lo such corpora¬ tion, proper Instruments of ac<iulttanc« shall be iluly executed ami delivered to him by the corporation an.l he shall l>« discharge.1 fi.im all further liability to the corporation
9 2. This act shall take efftct Immedi¬ ately.
Slate of New Vork. Offlce of the Secre¬ lary of State, ss:
1 have i-.inipared the pre.-eding with tho original law on lile In this offlce, an.l do her.by i-iitify that the same la a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of suid oriti.n.il law
FHAN.'IS M lIlilO,
.Secretary of State,
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
CHAP ;!ii'>,
A.N ACT to anieii.l the .-.iiisoi viil i.in law, in re.atlon to pike p'-ri-h
Hecanie a l.-iw May 1, It'lT, with tho approval nf tlu- tlovernor Passe.l, three- lUlhs bi ing pr.-si-nt.
The Peoi'le of the Stn repr.-si iit.-d in S.iiale ii enm-t as follows:
.Sei-tioii 1 Sei-lioii f thirty-six of (hapter six hiiiidred and for¬ ty-seven of the laws .if nineteen hundred .-111.1 el. vefi, entitle.l An act rebitlng to the . .iiiser\al;oii of '-iii.l. forests, waters, parks In.lr.iulic power, lish and game, I onstituliiig (liupter sixty-live of the con- solldate<l laws as added bv .hapter three hundred an.l eiKht.-.-n of the laws of nine¬ teen hun.lre.l and twelve and'ami inled bv .hapter f.nir hiiii.rie.l an.l three of tho laws .)f nliicte.-n liiindie.l and sixteen. I» hereby amen.led tn rea.l as follows
I -.1(1 Pike perch, open season; size lim¬ it; sale of 1 Open season, .size limit and salo of PIk.- perch not less lliaii twelv* iiiiheM In li-iiKth niay be taken, possessed, nought and s.il.l in any iininber or (|iian- lity from .May tenth to .Mar. h flrst, bottt inclusive,
2. Blue pike perch an.l saiigers nf any size may' he taken at any tlino and In any number or ijuantity in Lakes Kri» and Ontario nnd in the lewer .Niagara river, and when so taken mny be possess¬ ed, bought and sold f.,
8 '2. Tins net sliall take effect Immedi¬ ately, Slate of New- York, Offl(-e of the Secretary
o! State, ss:
I have (.'inpared the pn. edlng v. ith the oilglnal law on fllo In this ofli.e, and do h.r.by crtify that the same is a i-oriect li-ans'ript therefrom and of ilie wleile of said original law,
FRANCIS .M 11 rill 1,
Secrelary ..f Slate,
'f ,\.-w Y'ork, .Vss. :iil.ly, do
hiiii'Ired and
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority.
CHAP :;(c
AN ACT to iilnend chapter Imir hundred and fifteen of the laws uf nineteen hun¬ dred nnd Ihirleen, entitled 'A . ait to estiililish a state i-oinniission for Improv¬ ing the (-oiidltion of tiie blind of thw state of New York, an.l making an np- pruprlation iheiefor ' In lelation to moneys received by gift oi- be.|ii.'st Ik-i-ame a law .May 1. lUlT, w-lth tho approval of the ijoveriior, Pas.se.1. llirei - liflbs being present.
The Peuple of the Slate "f .N'ew Y'ork, reiii.senti d In Sinnle an.l Assembly, do enact as f.illows:
Section 1, Chapier four hundred and llfteen of the laws of nineteen hundred an.l thirteen, entitle.l "An ii.-t t.. estubllsli a stiite commission for Improving the con- (litiiin of lhe,Miiid of tue stato of New York. luid inKkiilg an approprlalioii thi-re- for," Is hai;eti<' a mended by Inserting therein a new seciion, to be section nlne- a, to read {is follows;
J !i-a. The (-ommlssloii is aii'lhortzed to re- (elve moneys by gift or be(|iiesl and ex¬ pend the same for any of the objects anil purposes of the commission under thin a(-t: and the provisions of section thirty- seven of the state flnunce law shall not apply to moneys so received, but tho '-ominisslon shall Include In Its annual re- pon to the legislature a statement of thej moneys so received and exiwiided
I 2, This act shall take effect Immedi¬ ately,
Stale of N'ew York, Offl.-e of tho Secre-] tary of State, ss: I have .ornpared the pro. edlng with the \ original law on flle in this offl. e, and do ; h.-reby certify that the same is u correct ' transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law,
FRANCIS M linClO,
Seiretary of Stato,
LAWS OF NEW YORK—By Authority..
CHAP 3(M A.N ACT to amend the couniv law, in re¬ lation to conveyance by counties of cer¬ tain lands.
Became a law May 2, 1917. with thet approval of tha Oovernor Passed, three- flftliB being present
The People of the State of New York, represented In Senate and AHScmbly, do enact as follows
Section 1, Subdivision thirteen of sectioti twelve of chapter sixteen of the lawa of nineteen hundred and nine, entitlod "An act in relation to counties, c-onstltutlng chapter eleven of the consolidated laws." Is hereby amended lo read aa follows:
13 I'urchase, lease or otherwise acquire, for Ihe use of the county, nec-essory real property for courthouses, jails, alms¬ houses, asylums and other county build¬ ings, and for other cottnty uses and pur¬ poses; and erect, alter, repair or con-' struct, an^- jcessary buildings nr other Improvements thereon for necessary (X>un- ty use. and cause to t>e levied, coUecte'l and paid, all sut-h sums of money aa they ¦hall deem necessary therefor; to selec-L auch name aa they may deem proper and appropriate for the almshouse of such county and thereafter to designate such almshouse by the name so selected, and sell, leaae or apply to other county use. the sites and buildings, when a sita Is changed; to sell, and for a proper consid¬ eration to convoy, all of the title and In¬ terest of tho county In and to any land or property owned by the eounty but not In actual use by the county; and If aold, apply the proceeds to the payment for new sites, bvtldlngs and improvements,
I 2, This act shall take effect Immedi¬ ately,
State of New Tork, Offlce of the Secre¬ tary of State, ss:
I have compared the preceding with the original law on file In this offlee, and do hereby certify that the saina is a correct tranacript therefrom and of the whole ot said original law,
FRANCIS M. HUGO. •ecratary af SUt^
